The Belgian Ministry of Defence has started sending letters to all 17-year-old citizens of the country<\/strong> with a proposal to go through voluntary military service<\/strong>. According to the Belgian newspaper The Brussels Times<\/em>, such letters will be received by approximately 130 thousand teenagers<\/strong>. The programme provides an opportunity to one-year service in the Belgian Armed Forces<\/strong> with a further prospect of a professional contract. The Belgian Minister of Defence stressed that the aim of the initiative is to strengthen the army's personnel reserve<\/strong> and create a \u00abmodern model of a new generation of service\u00bb.<\/p>\n Belgium, like most EU countries, has faced a number of challenges in recent years lack of military personnel<\/strong>. The authorities see this campaign as the first step towards updating the reservist training system<\/strong> and strengthening defence capabilities in the face of new challenges in Europe.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u041c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0454 \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0456\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443 \u0456\u043d\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0443 \u043a\u0430\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0456\u044e \u041c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u0411\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0433\u0456\u0457 \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0441\u0438\u043b\u043a\u0443 \u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u0443\u0441\u0456\u043c 17-\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0433\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0434\u044f\u043d\u0430\u043c \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u0456\u0437 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0446\u0456\u0454\u044e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0439\u0442\u0438 \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0443 \u0441\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0431\u0443.\u0406\u043d\u0456\u0446\u0456\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0432\u0430 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u044f\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0456 \u0434\u043e \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0435\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0443 \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0432\u0438\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0456\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0443 \u0434\u043e \u0441\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0431\u0438 \u0432 \u0430\u0440\u043c\u0456\u0457. \u0417\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f\u043c \u0431\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0433\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0432\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f The Brussels Times, \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0456 \u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u044e\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0431\u043b\u0438\u0437\u043d\u043e 130 \u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f\u0447 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u043b\u0456\u0442\u043a\u0456\u0432.\u0423 \u0437\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u044f\u0441\u043d\u044e\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f, \u0449\u043e \u0439\u0434\u0435\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0435 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":4461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0411\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0433\u0456\u044f","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-4460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4462,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460\/revisions\/4462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The initiative is aimed at attracting young people to the defence sector and increasing their interest in military service.<\/p>\n
The appeal explains that it is about not about compulsory military service<\/strong>, and about information invitation<\/strong> join the annual service programme for people aged 18 to 25.<\/p>\n
\nVoluntary programme lasting one year<\/h2>\n
Young people who are interested in the offer will be able to undergo basic training and then continue their service or acquire a military speciality.<\/p>\n
\nStaff shortages and new approaches to defence<\/h2>\n
The introduction of a voluntary programme for young people should be a tool to address this problem and increase trust in the armed forces.<\/p>\n